Research Article

Shock Hugoniot Data for Water up to 5 Mbar Obtained with Quartz Standard at High-Energy Laser Facilities

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(a) SOP result for shot at a laser energy of 1.1 kJ, the highest energy shot obtained in our experiment, and (b) temperature estimation taking into account the mean reflectivity of VISAR-1 and VISAR-2. The initial luminosity (t4 ns) is due to scattered laser light.
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